Brick holder



Feb. 28, 1933.

R. A. WEIS BRICK HOLDER Filed oct. 2o', 1931 Patented Feb. 28, 1933* UNITED STATES PaxrENTi .OFFICE -V aoss E. wais, or

CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE STARK BRICK GOMPAY, OF EAST `CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OIEIIOV 4 y nmol: norman Application med October-20, '1931.` Serial No. 589,898.`

The invention particularly relates to an improved brick holder which will insure con- .venient and non-injurious handling of brick from the kiln where they are burne or from the sorting table, to the place where'they are used. Furthermore, the invention is designed to provide means whereby the brick can remain in situ in the improved holder from the time they are placed thereinat the plant until the time they are laid in the wall. It is well known that brick, tile and commodities of similar nature, particularly such commodities of better grades, are damaged in shipping to a degree amounting to a very material loss. If such commodities are packed in contact one with the other.

and conveyed in such vehicles as permit them to abrade each other due to he shaking and jostling of the vehicles. Furthermore, the bricks are subject to considerable damage incident to miscellaneous handling andsstorge before they are actually laid in the wall.

. dlin of the brick '30 u y invention contemplates the elimination of these losses with the use of a convenient and economical holder which will serve during the entire period of the brick from the time it is removed from the kiln until itis laid in the wall. rlhis miscellaneous hanincludes piling, sorting, gra ing and storing. The invention also includes an improved method of handling brick.

The annexed drawing and following description set forth in detail certain means illustrating my improved holder and certain steps showing the working of the improved method, such means and steps constituting, however, only a ew of the forms in which the principle of j' e improved holder may be embodied and, onlya few of the various lseries of steps byf-whichthe improved process may be worked.

In said annexed drawing:

Figure l is a plan view of a suitable blank for one type of my improved brick holder, the view showing the blank with its bend and 2 is perspective of a holder formed Figure blank shown in Figure 1;

from the Figure 3 is perspective of the holder lilled with brick; l

Figure 4 is aplan section, upon an enlarged scale, through one corner of the holder and brick shown in Figure 3;

Figure 5- is a side view of the elements shown in Figure 3 engaged by a brick clamp of standard type and by means of which the holder and brick shown in Figure 3 can be lifted and loaded into a suitable conveyance or otherwise handled;

Figure 6 is a perspective of a part otral l truck-load of filled brick holders;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan section of a plurality of vertical tiers of filled brick holders;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary vertical section of a plurality ofhorizontal tiers of filled brick holders, this View being taken on the plane indicated by the line 8 8, Fi re 7;

Figure 9 is broken perspective o a standard brick vhod loaded with filled brick holders;

Figure 10 is a perspective of a second type of improved holder; and

Figure 11 is a perspective of the-type of holder shown in Figure fied size of brick. v

Referring to the annexed drawing in which the same elements are indicated by the saine respective numbers in the several views, a rectangular blank 1, Figure 1, of suitable material to form a cushion between adjacent brick surfaces, preferably corrugated sheet material. formed 'of several plies, is formed 2 filled with a modi- I with bend lines 2 and 3 adjacent its ends and blank 1 can be folded along the lines 2, 3, 4,' 5 and 6 to form the type of holder shown in Figure2. This holder has a base or bottom..

9 of a width substantially equal to or, preferf ably, slightly greater than the length of a standard brick, and of a length substantially equal to the thickness of a plurality of bricks; as also, a side wall 10 of a length equal to the v holder. p

The brick in the holders' are handled aclength of the base 9,and of a height substan- 5 of the base 9 and of a height equal to the height of the side wall 10. Portlons of the end Walls 11 and l2 are reinforced by the material 13 partially severed from the blank 1 by the cut lines 7 and 8, which material is bent around and lsecured to the holder ends 11 and 12 When forming the blank 1 into the open-top box-like construction shown in Figure 2.

The holder as thus formed from the blank 1 'is lilled with a plurality of standard sized bricks or building units 14, Figure 3, the bricks beinglaid upon one side in closely contacting position one with the other or, if the brick size is such or the holder size is such as to leave any spaces between any adjacent bricks, these spaces are completely filled With spacers 15 of the same material as the blank 1 and clearly shown in Figure 3. Thus, a compact and tightly positioned row of brick is secured in the holder which can be readily and conveniently lifted and carried by hand or by means of a brick clamp 16 of standardI construction, such as shown in Figure 5, the jaws 17 of this clamp pressing against the reinforced end portions 13 of the brick cording to the necessities of the particular use for which they are designed, and the particular location of the job on which they are to be used, and I show'them in Figure 6 packed in a suitable convevance, such as the truck 18. Holders are placed upon the floor of the truck to make as large a horizontal tier as can be accommodated, and vertical tiers are formed as high as is desirable, as clearly indicated in Figure v6. If desired, the joints between tiers are staggered, as shown in Figure 6, with reference to the lowermost tier. The bricks `thus packed in the holders are conveyed by the truck 18, or other suitable conveyance, to the job or to a place Where it is desired to pile the brick for temporary storage While still in the holders. The holders With the contained brick can be laid down at the point of use and the individual bricks directly taken therefrom for use, or the holders can be conveyed in hods 19, as illustrated in Figure 9, from the truck or from the temporary storage, to the point of immediate use. In the form of device shown in Figure 10,

the holder is formed with only one end 20, so that this end 20 forms a spacing member be- 00 tween adjacent holders in the same horizontal plane, thus preserving the brick from the damage Which would occur from the jarring of the truck or other incidents of handling and conveying. Such a holder can be handled bythe brick clamp 16 or by hand Without any material'damage to the end brick.

In use of the device shown in Figure v11, four larger brick 23 are packed in a holder of the type shown in Figure 2. T'he size of these brick 23 is such that four of them, in the device illustrated, occupy substantially the same space as eight of thebrick of the style shown in Figure 3.

It will be seen that my brick holder functions as a combined cushioning and carrying device for a plurality of bricks and that it is formed with connected sides upstanding from a bottom in such manner as to present an open top and an open face. The form of the device shown in Figure 10 also presents an open end. Obviously, the material used in making the holder is selected so that the holder Will be suitable for its intended purpose of cushioning and carrying a plurality of bricks, that is, the material should have suiicient strength to permit the holder to function as a carrier for several bricks and also should have suiicient cushioning qualities to protect the bricks against abrading during handling. It is also obvious that the size and form of the holder will be determined by the size and form of the bricks which the holder is intended to carry.

I refer particularly to the fact that my improved brick holder'provides a convenient method of handling the brick at all times in situ in the holder, including an economical and convenient piling of the same, for temporary storage; as also, protection against damage from the time they leave the kiln, or the sorting table, to the point and time of use. l An incidental and very important advanthe exposed face of ltage incident to the use of my invention is that it provides a means adapted to prevent the reversing of the faces of the brick in the Wall. The brick are piled in the holders with the surfaces intended for exposure in the Wall in such positions as to effect the taking ofthe brick out of the holder in a position permitting its convenient laying in the Wall with this face exposed. In the ordinary methods of handling and transporting bricks, oftentimes as high as forty per cent of them are reversed and laid in the Walls, with surfaces exposed which were not intended for outside surfaces.

Furthermore, the use of my improved holder permits the distinguishing of bricks of diii'erent color shades and shapes which are being used on the same job and thus obviates confusion and errors on these scores, inasmuch as the holder can easily be the shade and shape of brick which it contains.

What I claim is:

l. A combined cushioning and carrying holder for a plurality of bricks comprising a bottom and a plurality of interconnected sides upstanding thereon, said holder havmarked with ing an open top and an operr face, the bottom and sides corresponding 1n size and shape to those of the bricks intended to be carried in the holder, and the material of the bottom and sides having sufficient strength to enable the holder to function as a carrier and having sufficient cushioning qualities to protect the bricks against abrading.

2. A combined cushionin and carrying holder for a plurality of bric s compri-sing a lat bottom and two interconnected sides upstanding thereon, said holder having an open top and an open face, and the material of the bottom and sides having sufficient strength to enable the holder to function as a carrier and having sufficient cushioning qualities to protect the bricks against abrading.

3. The combined cushionin and carrying holder described in claim 1, c aracterized in that one of the upstanding sides is reinforced for engagement by holder-lifting means.

4.` A combined cushioning and carrying holder for a plurality of bricks comprising a flat bottom, a side wall upstanding thereon,

and two opposed end walls upstanding on the bottom and connected with the sidewall, said holder having an open top and an open face, and the material of the bottom and side and end walls having sufficient strength to enable the holder to function as a carrier and having suicient cushioning qualities to protect the bricks against abrading.

5. The combined cushioning and carrying holder described in claim 4, characterized in that the upstanding end walls are reinforced for engagement by holder-lifting means.

6. The combined cushioning and carrying holder described in claim 4, characterized in that the bottom has a width substantially equal to the length of a brick and has a length substantially equal to the combined widths of a plurality of bricks.

1igned by me this 14th day of September,

ROSS A.' WEIS. 

